Sometimes there are the usual news stories relating to certain musicians’ substance abuse issues — ahem, Ms. Winehouse — and sometimes there are just plain bizarre news stories. Mic Todd’s Sunday escapade is definitely part of the latter…
Reggae may be synonymous with island music, but it’s also got a rich history right here in the deserts of Arizona. As we reported a couple years ago in our cover story on Hopi reggae artist Casper Lomayesva, reggae acts from all over the world played reservations in Arizona throughout…
Up on the Sun has always enjoyed helping out our friends and promoting worthy local concerts and venues, which is why this week’s pick for Tumblr of the Week is the Nile Theater.More on what’s awesome about this week’s Tumblr of the Week after the jump…..
Vanilli of the infamous lip synching duo Milli Vanilli is attempting to make a comeback, according to Paste.The best part is that he’s definitely going to sing this time! Yes, really! Well, at least probably…that’s what Vanilli is saying.If Vanilli (also known as Fab Morvan) is so adamant about proving…
By this point in July, it almost feels stupid to talk about how hot it is. Brains are practically melted, and the heat has just become this all oppressing force, destroying day-off plans and any semblance of ambition of doing anything outside. Anything besides lounging by the pool and drinking…
Sacha LevineThe sous chef of FnB says, “I don’t just love food, I effing heart music as well.” When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? It’s kinda always set to NPR. Occasionally, there are really fantastic interviews with…
I suppose it’s a testament to Devonté Hynes — that he can pull the wool over one of his biggest fans’ eyes, effectively tricking me into thinking I had stumbled upon yet another brilliant British indie rock band…
Do you want a copy of DJ Element’s new mixtape, FreeStyle Session Japan? It’s been hailed as a “funk odyssey” by no less than, um, the Phoenix New Times. For real though, the first 50 peeps in the door tonight at tonight’s Blunt Club installment at The Yucca Tap Room…
This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What are the eight best local records of 2011 so far? What are the best and…
Headlines struck familiar tones on June 16. The Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco Giants 3-2, after Justin Upton nailed a 10th inning walk-off home run. Broadway Road was closed between Rural Road and Mill Avenue. A Glendale woman was arrested on charges of pimping out a 17-year-old girl. And a…
The Raconteurs have announced that they will be performing at the inaugural MI Fest in Brooklyn, Michigan on September 17.The band, which consists of Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence of the Greenhornes and Dead Weather, and Patrick Keeler, has not yet revealed any information about any potential additional tour dates…
You might have read about local electro pop band Super Stereo in this week’s music feature in Phoenix New Times. While you’ll get the details of how the group came together there, you’ll also notice the band is a bit into fantasy and myth-building — so much so, the group…
It’s a Friday night at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, and local electro-pop band Super Stereo is getting ready to take the stage. The five 20-somethings (two gals and three guys) in the group are wearing sunglasses and coordinated gray-and-white outfits. They look crisp, clean, and cool, as…
After he released Curse Your Branches in 2009, an album frequently called his “breakup letter with Christianity,” you’d think that former Pedro the Lion frontman David Bazan would be done answering questions about his faith. But, inevitably, his wrestling match with Christianity still comes up in nearly every interview with…
Pete Townshend once claimed, “I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.” But there’s a drummer/singer out there right now who was born deaf but learned to hear. He’s performed more than 2,500 concerts for…
, according to Consequence of Sound.As if she wasn’t busy enough promoting her new album 4, which is doing quite well on the Billboard charts, Beyonce will take the lead female role as “an aspiring singer who arrives in Hollywood desperate for a break.”The film is set to be released…
, according to the Fab Life.Clayton Hill, the inmate, has said that Nation of Islam member Dawoud Muhammad was the hit man who shot and killed the Notorious B.I.G.Muhammad “stated to me that he was on the run for the murder [of the Notorious B.I.G.],” Hill said in a recent…
The line up of Within These Walls has been changing a bit over the past couple weeks, but it looks like it’s close to being locked down. A headliner was recently announced, and it’s none other than seminal New York hardcore punk heroes, H2O. It’s been a good six years…
Dayve Hawk lit up the blogosphere back in 2008 with his multifarious Memory Tapes remixes, as well as 2009’s debut LP Seek Magic. Then championed as chillwave, Memory Tapes is now seen as a more calculated producer effort by Hawk, and rightfully so — he has hit his stride with…
This week is a special one for Chad Krystals. The local hip-hop musician is releasing his new, third independent album, Mind Games, today, off his own independent label, Krystal Clear Inc. He’s giving Valley music fans a little taste of the album with a special showcase at Phoenix’s Hidden House…
Music writer Jane Scott, who covered just about every music legend you can think of during her 50-year tenure at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, died early Monday morning at age 92.As a female music journalist, Scott was a pioneer. She was the only woman reporter at a Cleveland news…
Sometimes the word “eclectic” just doesn’t do a dude justice. Djentrification is one of the most “eclectic” DJs in town, and the term barely serves to scratch the surface when it comes to his unique musical approach.He’s not a typical DJ, finding kindred spirits in guys like legendary Phoenix oddballs…
